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Background: despite the recognition of evidence-based medicine (EBM) as a leading concept in health, challenges of understanding and using Cochrane evidence still persist. At Cochrane Russia we started Cochrane training, since our launch in December 2015, to promote understanding and use of Cochrane Reviews and to advance Cochrane knowledge and skills to enable review production in Russia and beyond.
Objectives: to evaluate the impact and value of Cochrane training at Cochrane Russia over the period of four years (2015 to 2019) with the view of creating Cochrane training continuum and following up with participants to support their potential Cochrane membership status, through workshop participants’ feedback.
Methods: we held five training events on Cochrane Reviews, critical appraisal and Knowledge Translation in 2015 to 2019 at the Kazan Federal University with support of leading Cochrane researchers from Cochrane Nordic, Cochrane Austria, Cochrane Germany, Cochrane Sweden and Cochrane Switzerland.
In March 2019 we conducted two surveys:
1) an online survey of participants of four Cochrane Russia training events of 2015 to 2018, and
2) an anonymous survey of participants of the 2019 workshop with printed questionnaires.
The surveys consisted of questions on the use of knowledge and skills gained at the workshops, involvement in Cochrane activities, satisfaction with quality and progress, and suggestions for future.
Results: overall, 108 people from 15 cities in Russia and four other countries took part in Cochrane Russia training events. We received feedback from 40 participants of four training events in 2015 to 2018 (52% response rate) and from all 23 participants of the latest 2019 workshop. The participants represented the academic community and health profession. The majority of respondents (86%, online survey) apply the knowledge gained at the workshops in their professional activities, primarily in clinical practice, in EBM teaching (40%) and in planning their own research (49%). Eleven respondents reported developing protocols or systematic reviews as a result of their participation in Cochrane Russia workshops. Clinicians highlighted the importance of skills in critical appraisal of methodological quality of research in clinical decision making. The majority of participants of the 2019 workshop (87%) were satisfied with the quality and content of sessions, presentations, exercises, and hand-out materials. The complexity level matched the needs and expectation of 70% of participants. The participants’ plans for acquired knowledge and skills implementation included use of AMSTAR instrument in their work, furthering critical appraisal of publications and clinical guidelines, familiarization with Cochrane software and others.
Conclusions: we received valuable feedback from training event participants, which will help strategically plan for future training events at Cochrane Russia.
Patient or healthcare consumer involvement: we involved healthcare consumers in our training events.
Objectives: to evaluate the impact and value of Cochrane training at Cochrane Russia over the period of four years (2015 to 2019) with the view of creating Cochrane training continuum and following up with participants to support their potential Cochrane membership status, through workshop participants’ feedback.
Methods: we held five training events on Cochrane Reviews, critical appraisal and Knowledge Translation in 2015 to 2019 at the Kazan Federal University with support of leading Cochrane researchers from Cochrane Nordic, Cochrane Austria, Cochrane Germany, Cochrane Sweden and Cochrane Switzerland.
In March 2019 we conducted two surveys:
1) an online survey of participants of four Cochrane Russia training events of 2015 to 2018, and
2) an anonymous survey of participants of the 2019 workshop with printed questionnaires.
The surveys consisted of questions on the use of knowledge and skills gained at the workshops, involvement in Cochrane activities, satisfaction with quality and progress, and suggestions for future.
Results: overall, 108 people from 15 cities in Russia and four other countries took part in Cochrane Russia training events. We received feedback from 40 participants of four training events in 2015 to 2018 (52% response rate) and from all 23 participants of the latest 2019 workshop. The participants represented the academic community and health profession. The majority of respondents (86%, online survey) apply the knowledge gained at the workshops in their professional activities, primarily in clinical practice, in EBM teaching (40%) and in planning their own research (49%). Eleven respondents reported developing protocols or systematic reviews as a result of their participation in Cochrane Russia workshops. Clinicians highlighted the importance of skills in critical appraisal of methodological quality of research in clinical decision making. The majority of participants of the 2019 workshop (87%) were satisfied with the quality and content of sessions, presentations, exercises, and hand-out materials. The complexity level matched the needs and expectation of 70% of participants. The participants’ plans for acquired knowledge and skills implementation included use of AMSTAR instrument in their work, furthering critical appraisal of publications and clinical guidelines, familiarization with Cochrane software and others.
Conclusions: we received valuable feedback from training event participants, which will help strategically plan for future training events at Cochrane Russia.
Patient or healthcare consumer involvement: we involved healthcare consumers in our training events.
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